S02E08 - Karma Yoga and Selfless Service - What’s the Big Difference?
A quote by Kahlil Gibran: “The Ploughman asked, “speak to us of Work. And the answer came forth:
"you work that you may keep pace with the earth and the soul of the earth. Always, you have been told that work is a curse, a labour, a misfortune. I say to you, that when you work you fulfil a part of earth’s furthest dream assigned to you when that dream was born, And in keeping yourself with labour you are in truth, loving life, And to love life through labour is to be intimate with life’s inmost secret.”
In the following 2021 Karma to Dharma Lecture, Sannyasi Sivani speaks about the Western Mind Set where we are ego driven, working only to support ourselves or our family, and we’re missing the boat! Honestly, have you noticed how generally unhappy we are here, in the Western World? Because we are living from such a small minded, constrictive perspective. Sn. Sivani speaks about Karma Yoga as an advanced Yoga practice and how eventually it will expand us into soul filled, selfless service. And this is what will bring us, as a whole, into the next evolution of human consciousness.
Pavitra Galindo, also a student of Niwas said in her lovely Spanish accent, “the more I offer my life force to the good of all, the lighter I feel and I come into an understanding of myself more than ever. There is so much joy, peace, love, support and connection when we work for others. You have to experience it to feel it, which is why we go to Ashram”
Karma Yoga is the process of purifying our minds to what is needed in the bigger picture and when we surrender and let go, we experience the bliss that is learning how to work in the flow of life and earth. Earth lives in such synchronicity for the benefit of the whole. As humans being a part of earth, this can come as naturally as breathing, and it feels good. We go to the Ashram to learn how to be a HU MAN - how to be a being of light in service to all that is Earth. It is a beautiful, love of life. So get ready to work and Enjoy!